I thought those were the ONLY cast-written episodes.

I thought those were the ONLY cast-written episodes.

In much the same way that Terry O'Quinn loves starring in shit when it's titled "Walkabout".

In much the same way that Terry O'Quinn loves starring in shit when it's titled "Walkabout".

What I've read of Azzarello hasn't impressed me (I didn't get the love for 100 Bullets), but I'll grant that maybe I haven't read enough of his work.

What I've read of Azzarello hasn't impressed me (I didn't get the love for 100 Bullets), but I'll grant that maybe I haven't read enough of his work.

Moore deliberately de-emphasized the viloence. In 1986, the standard superhero trope was to have lots and lots of exciting violence, people getting punched through walls and so on, with no real consequences. Moore and Gibbons portrayed exactly the opposite—the violence barely happens on screen (the most "exciting"…

Moore deliberately de-emphasized the viloence. In 1986, the standard superhero trope was to have lots and lots of exciting violence, people getting punched through walls and so on, with no real consequences. Moore and Gibbons portrayed exactly the opposite—the violence barely happens on screen (the most "exciting"…

LOTS of people could have done a better job. And those people probably would have made more willing changes to the source material. And you know what? They would have captured the spirit of Watchmen better. Because lavishly recreating the visuals while piling on the loving, slo-mo action scenes, making Rorschach into…

LOTS of people could have done a better job. And those people probably would have made more willing changes to the source material. And you know what? They would have captured the spirit of Watchmen better. Because lavishly recreating the visuals while piling on the loving, slo-mo action scenes, making Rorschach into…

Yeah, it is bizarre that DS9, the early 90s Trek show, portrayed far more believably passionately charged relationships (whether it be in terms of romance or conflict) than Babylon 5, which was attempting a more down-to-Earth, punk-rock, "humans ain't so great" attitude.

Yeah, it is bizarre that DS9, the early 90s Trek show, portrayed far more believably passionately charged relationships (whether it be in terms of romance or conflict) than Babylon 5, which was attempting a more down-to-Earth, punk-rock, "humans ain't so great" attitude.

Oliver, man, I want to listen to well-reasoned arguments defending this comic, really I do, but your opening paragraph describes the people working on Before Watchmen as "A-list talent" it becomes very hard to take you seriously. There's exactly one A-lister on the project, and his name is Darwyn Cooke. Everyone else…

Oliver, man, I want to listen to well-reasoned arguments defending this comic, really I do, but your opening paragraph describes the people working on Before Watchmen as "A-list talent" it becomes very hard to take you seriously. There's exactly one A-lister on the project, and his name is Darwyn Cooke. Everyone else…

I think the fact that "this is how the system works" is part of the problem.

I think the fact that "this is how the system works" is part of the problem.

As I hope is clear from my other posts, I don't hate Babylon 5, but even if I did, I don't understand this argument. It can far too easily be used as an excuse to deflect ANY criticism of the show—"Well if you don't like it, then leave!" Is it not possible that I like the show enough to wish it was better? Or even if…

There's nothing wrong with portraying a war, and having Good Guys and Bad Guys, but the trouble with fascism is that it's a bit of an outlier. Turning your villains into pseudo-Nazis (or Saurons) strips most of the nuance and interest out of the potential discussion. We're good, they're bad, let's kill them. There are…

Jarowdowsky, that's a hell of a post. And I can't help thinking that you put more thought into that than the showrunners did. :) My big problem is that the political maneuvering on this show was frequently, I thought, pretty predictable and transparent—I usually felt about three steps ahead of the characters—and…

Doesn't it pretty much go without saying that these are all being done by a variety of people with different opinions?